Tsarist Anti-Semitism as Well as World War I ! 7 Israel
Registers
Changes of Sex
•
Russian Failures Reconstructed by Solzhenitsyn

•
Much more than World
with flags and with placards
War I, the Russian -losses, the
inscribed
'Long the one
rule of Germany, the reli-
great, united Russia," to-
gious factors, are involved
gether with a separte de-
1 in the voluminous novel
tachment of men who had
"August 1914" by Alexander
volunteered for the army,
Solzhenitsyn, last year's No-
had paraded around the
- bel Prize winner in litera-
streets, held a meeting at
ture.
the Alexander II memorial,
This first portion of a
called on the city governor,
and sent a telegram of loyal-
much larger work, the sec-
ty to the Tsar — to mention
ond volume being in prep-
only
some of the disgusting
aration, is history as well
things they had done. How-
as literature, and is a recap-
ever. coon afterward Ilya
itulation of Russian events
Isakosich had gone away,
as they affected the entire
world. This immense novel,
and so had Sonya. Now the
family was assembled again,
published by Farrar, Straus
and her fury had been in-
and Giroux, deals with the
creased only yesterday be-
Tsarist regime and with
cause in two cinemas they
some aspects of Jewish life
had shown a newsreel of the
that was part of both the
demonstration which was so
Russian and the Jewish tra
ALEXANDER
mawkish, so false, so in-
gedies.
SOLZHENITSYN
tolerable that she had come
In a splendid translation
liever,
and
could
easily
have
away burning to have it out
from the Russian by Mich
ael Glenny, "August 1914' avoided going to the dem- with her father."
is both hisiory and fiction onstration — yet he had
There is power in every
The 'Russian generals, th e gone all the same. The syn- aspect of "August 1914 " It
agogue
had
been
decorated
is not only the first world
defeated and the dominating
emerge in most illuminating ' with Russian national flags conflict, the Russian agonies
fashion and the German oc and a portrait of the Tsar. during that war, the frailties
cupants offer interesting con It had begun with a service of the generals, but the pre-
trast with their successors of intercession for the vic- ceding experiences that be-
who came to Russia in the tory of Russian arms, in the come significant in a great
Second World War to rav- presence of army officers. novel. It is the Tsar and his
age and to commit mass The rabbi had read a speech, subjects who count here sig-
followed by the chief of nificantly, as shown in the
murders.
At the very outset there police, and they had sung Jewish episode. It is Sol-
'God
Save the Tsar.' Then zhenitsyn again as a literary
is a pointed comment on the
Jewish situation in Russia. about twenty thousand Jews genius.
As two members of the vast
cast of characters in this
work discuss conditions in
Russia, Sanya comments: "1
feel . . . sorry for Russia."
Whereupon, "stung to fury,
BY HASKELL COHEN
Roberson. In 1957, Dardick
Varya asks:
(Copyright 1572, JTA, Inc.)
was a member of the U.S.
"What do you mean, sorry
It isn't very often that a
for Russia? Who are you top-flight athlete continues Maccabia track team and
sorry for? That fool of a his education to become a won a gold medal in the
Tsar? Those disgusting little doctor. Baseball has known games that year.
In 1969, the U.S. 1,600-
shopkeepers who join the Shucks Pruitt, famous for
Black Hundreds and beat op striking out Rahe Ruth many meter relay team won the
gold
medal with the doctor
the Jews? The priests In times, going on to medicine,
opening up a two-yard lead
their long robes?"
as did Yankee Bobby Brown. on the first leg.
The Tsar's status is ex- In football, Barry Wood left
Despite performing opera-
amined and Solzhenitsyn re- the Harvard grid to eventu-
constructs many historic in- ally head the John Hopkins tions, which often run seven
cidents, including that of Medical School. The Chicago and eight hours, Dardick has
stayed with track and gets to
"Grand Duke Nikolai Nikol- Bears graduated Drs. McCall
Israel two and three times a
aevich who, by threatening and Fortman.
year with one sport unit or
to shoot himself in the Tsar's
How about Jewish ath- another.
study, had forced Nicholas letes? Not too many. But
In December he will ac-
II to issue the constitutional one, who at 35 is rapidly
manifesto of Oct. 17, 1905, forging to the fore as the company 10 youth basketball
teams
to the courts of the
and to convoke the Duma." best vascular surgeon in the
There is an elaboration on East, is Dr. Irving Dardick. Holy Land. The team's
the form that Jewish efforts Dardick works out of Monte- health problems will be in
to flatter the Tsar in order fiore Hospital in the Bronx Dardick's hands. After that,
it' s the ninth Maccabia and
not to endanger their posi- and has gained the respect
tion hart taken place . Sol- of the famous Dr. Michael the fourth International
zhenitsyn tells about Sonya Deltakey of Houston with Youth Festival in July.
"and a young man called his brilliant papers and
Fishing Still at Jaffa
Naum Galperin, the son of amazing surgery.
JAFFA—The old port of
a well-known Rostov social
Dardick is a Pennsylvania
democrat whom the Arkhang- graduate. During his college Jaffa will continue to be used
orodskys had hidden in days he was one of the better by fishing boats even after
their home in 1905 and who quarter milers in the Ivy it is turned into a marina for
had been a c:ose friend ever League. One of his finer pleasure craft., This decision
reached earlier this
since." The story of the victories was in a meet was
Jewish reaction to the Tsar: against Cornell when he out- month by representatives of
"Naum and Sonya could sped the highly touted Bo the Tel Aviv Municipality,
the firm revamping the port
scarcely have been wholly
and various ministries. -
alike, but In some ways
.
But
Those
50,000
The port, which was closed
they were: both had masses
of black hair (Natim's was Can Drive You Crazy to freight after the opening
not very well combed) and
JERUSALEM — Of the 2,- of the Ashdod harbor, still
shining, dark eyes, and both 500,000 phone calls made processes some 1,500 tons of
were aggressively argumen- daily in Israel, 50,000 are fish a year, and at peak sea-
live. They had alre •d y marred by technical flaws son serves 200 boats.
agreed to have an earnest and don't go through proper-
and edifying talk with her ly, according- to Transport Israel Bureau Shifted
father on the subject of his and Communications Minis-
JERUSALEM—The govern-
participation In the shame- ter Shimon Peres. .
ment decided last week to
ful, stalled patriotic dens-
The other f8 per cent of transfer the advertising and
onstratian that bad been the calls go through without publicity bureau from the
held by the Rostov Jews. difficulty. "This is a good prime minister's office to the
The demonstration had taken record in comparison with Israel Treasury. Prime Min-
place at the end of July and that of the advanced coun- ister Golds Heir explained to
bad began la the choral au- tries of Europe," said Peres. the cabinet that the bureau—
He added that an addi- which operates in Tel Aviv—
movie, where Llya Usk.-
vici pat In as appearance tional 5,000,000 phones would is by nature more suited to
only sa festivals sad where be needed In the next five the treasury than to her own
by tradition he had a place years, requiring an Invest, office. The bureau places all
of bower on the east side; ment of IL 300,000,000 (372,- government advertising in
1100?
hosrver: he was not a he-
uiwspaPerS.

Irving Dardick - Former Top
Athlete Now Leading Surgeon

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

JERUSALEM (JTA) —The
interior ministry disclosed
that it has officially recogn-
ized changes of sex by seven
Israeli men who have under-
gone opera tionsirtftr^199e
past two years.
The two most recent changes
were recorded in the minis-
try's Tel Aviv office two
weeks ago. They' involved
two young men who under-
went a series of operations
in England. The men arrived
at the office in female dress.
On producing documents at-
testing to their change of sex
they were permitted to regis-
ter new first names and re-
ceived identity cards listing
them as female.

Chile, Israel Talk
of Science Relations

JERUSALEM (JTA) — A
Chilean scientific delegation
arrived here to discuss a two-
year scientimic cooperation
program in the areas of
water research, intensive
agriculture and technological
research.
The delegation headed by
the rector of the University
of Chile, will hold talks with
Dr. Elizer Tal, director of
the National Council for re-
search and development.

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Friday, Oct. 21, 11172-41

Shazar's Retirement F rom Presidency Seen

JERUSALEM (ZINS)—Re-
sponding to a Isiew Year
greeting from listadrut,
il
President Zalma
Shazar
said: "This is the last year
that I shall be receiving you
in the Presidential residence.
I hope that the newily elected
president will be I a person
faithful to the tradition and
with cordial feelings toward
the Histadrut in Jerusalem."
Shazar is concerned over his
wife Rachel's 'lel.

Israeli politic I circles
speculate that ther are two
possible candidate for this
post: David Horo •itz, for-
merly governor of the Rank
of Israel and Minister of Jus-
tice Yaacov Shapiro. Horo-
witz' chances are considered

better,. since Shapiro lost
prestige as a result of his
involvement in the Netivei
Neft oil scandal in Sinai.

comeuTER AGE
Automation hasn't p u t
many men out of work, but
some wonder what it is
they're doing.

ERIC ROSENOW

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